US Congress Senate Bill 3873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes new requirements for existing grant programs to incentivize reporting on deadly shootings by law enforcement. Specifically, it requires a state that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to report certain data on deadly shootings by law enforcement officers. It reduces by 10% the JAG allocation of a state that fails to comply. Additionally, for an initial four-year period, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may give preference to a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program grant applicant from a state that reports data on deadly shootings by law enforcement. Beginning in the fifth year, DOJ must reduce by 20% the COPS allocation of a state that fails to report such data.

Walter Scott Notification Act of 2020

Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-03	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB7188 (Same As) 2020-06-11 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3873/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3873/BILLS-116s3873is.pdf